George W. Scranton (original) (raw)

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George Whitfield Scranton (* 11. Mai 1811 in Madison, Connecticut; † 24. März 1861 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1859 und 1861 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Pennsylvania im US-Repräsentantenhaus. (de)
George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an American industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861. Moving to Pennsylvania in the late 1830s to establish an iron furnace, he and his brother Selden T. Scranton are considered among the founders of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for their family. They and two partners established what became known as the . They developed a method of producing T-rails for constructing railroad track, which previously had been imported from England. The innovation led to a boom in production of track and construction of railroads. Scranton became a major industrialist, also leading the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which depended on the iron industry. After his death, his cousin Joseph H. Scranton, an early investor who had moved to this city, became president and the cousin's son, William Walker Scranton, became general manager of the Iron & Coal Company. W.W. Scranton managed the company during and after the Scranton General Strike of 1877, founding the Lackawanna Steel Company. (en)

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George Whitfield Scranton (* 11. Mai 1811 in Madison, Connecticut; † 24. März 1861 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1859 und 1861 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Pennsylvania im US-Repräsentantenhaus. (de)
George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an American industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861. Moving to Pennsylvania in the late 1830s to establish an iron furnace, he and his brother Selden T. Scranton are considered among the founders of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for their family. They and two partners established what became known as the . They developed a method of producing T-rails for constructing railroad track, which previously had been imported from England. The innovation led to a boom in production of track and construction of railroads. (en)

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